At Vulture, thoughts on Zadie Smith’s new essay collection.

Michelle Cruz Gonzales talked punk and history with the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Alejandro Zambra wrote about the life and influence of Nicanor Parra.

Jeremy Robert Johnson was interviewed at LitReactor.

McNally Jackson’s Brooklyn location has opened.

At Dusted, a review of a new recording of John Cage’s Winter Music.

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